Guy Johnston
British cellist Guy Johnston was born into a musical family in Harpenden in 1981, and was educated at the choir school of King’s College Cambridge, Chetham’s School of Music and the Eastman School in New York. In 2000 he won BBC Young Musician of the Year (playing Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto), and his international career took off immediately afterwards; his discography includes Moeran’s Cello Concerto with JoAnn Falletta and the Ulster Orchestra on Naxos, Holst’s Invocation with Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Philharmonic on Chandos, Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, and Milo (a recital of Britten, Bridge and Turnage with the pianist Kathryn Stott, which takes its title from Turnage’s composition for his baby son’s christening, inspired and premiered by Johnston).
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Guy Johnston & Jonathan Clinch on the Howells Cello Concerto
27th Jun 2019
David talks to cellist Guy Johnston and musicologist Jonathan Clinch about Howells's Cello Concerto - recently reconstructed by Clinch, recorded by Johnston and released on the King's College label.
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Guy Johnston and Tom Poster on Themes and Variations
27th Feb 2019
Cello and piano duo Guy Johnston and Tom Poster talk to David about their new album celebrating twenty years of music-making together.
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Special offer. David Matthews - Orchestral Works
Guy Johnston (cello) BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Contemporary
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Dobrinka Tabakova: Orpheus' Comet, Earth Suite & Concertos
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Guy Johnston (cello), Hallé Orchestra, Delyana Lazarova
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man
Guy Johnston (cello), Mohammed Gad (vocals), Jody K. Jenkins (percussion), Nicholas Merryweather (baritone), Lisa Spurgeon (soprano), Neil Percy (percussion), Mike Brewer (chorus conductor), Rachel Lloyd (mezzo-soprano), Paul Beniston (trumpet), Tristan Hambleton (treble), Susie Parkes (soprano), Elizabeth Witts (soprano), Philip Shakesby (bass (vocal)), Dave Hassell (percussion), London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, The National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Karl Jenkins
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The Backyard of the Village: Orchestral Works By Xiaogang Ye
Diyang Mei (viola), Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Dane Lam
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